The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-23
GEORGIA YELLOW PINE.
A Once Growing Industry Receives a
Sudden Check.


From, the albany (Gu) Ne1cs and advertiser.
The statement that the railroads are ac-
cOmmodating themselves to the circum-
stances resulting from the enforcement of
the long and short haul clause of the inter
state commerce act is painfully true, but it
is TO their injury in the sudden loss of a
large volume of their business.
Illinois farmers express themselves as be-
ing content at its operations, since it has re-
suited in bringing them 20. per bushel adj
vance i'll the price OF their wheat, but this
vantage ground j. gained at the expense of
their less favored brother planters remote
from trade centres.
The Nelos and Advertiser having watch
ed with growing pride the hopeful aspect of
the rapidly developing business in lumber
and timber between the West and Southern
Georgia, unprecedented a fatal effect upon
this great industry by the operation of the
long and short haul clause. 1t has time and
again urged that the interstate com
merce bill threatened the prospects of the
large lumber mill enterprises on the line of
the Brunswick and Western and East Ten
nessce Virginia and Georgia railroads.
Being solicitouS 70 know the effect, q re-
porter approached Capt S. r. Weston, of
this city, who is a veteran mill man, on
yesterday, with the question:: Captain,
how are your Western orders for lumber
now"
"Ah, very few Our orders have almost
ceased from Western points One of the
best and largest customers we had has given
us notice that, while he prefers our products,
he was forced to seek a source of supply
nearer home, on account of the ruinous
interstate commerce act
How has it caused such a sensible eff
fect!n
"Well, this section being remote from
trade centerS where the demand exists for
the products of our forests the increased
freight rate necessitatel by it's enforcement
has resulted in the millmen being forced to
sell lumber at 81 to 81 80 per 900 feet less
than before its passage. And this, too,
when the reduction is not influenced by
fluctuations in price, but comes wholly out
of the millman"
"You consider, then, this section greatly
injured by this bil'''
II can't help but know it, as the growing
business in lumber and timber between the
West and South has received a sudden
check. Large mill enterprises sprung up
at great cost under the favorable conditions
that existed prior to the act, and every fea-
ture of the business wore pleasant aspect
under the cheering prospects of a growing
demand for the products: but now things
are lifeless, and it will require nothing short
of repeal of the act to restore suspended
animation. 1t has not injured the millmen
alone, but thousands of laborers and women
and children, dependent upon them for their
daily bread, will feel the sad results of the
damaging effects"
is there no advantage that can be
pleaded as a partial offset to this frightful
bill of damagesp
THE only advantage apparent, so far, is
that the Eastern mills, that bought their
spinning cotton from Reagan's country,
Texas say that they are coming to Georgia
Thus Texas will lose through Congressman
Reagan a business that made their cotton
| product in such great request"
why is thatF
Texas is 50 much farther than Georgia
that by the time the freghts are added to
the original costs the Georgia cotton will
be the cheaper. 1t is inconceivabe to me
that Southern Congressman should have
championed bill that would have worked
such injury to their section, for they should
have known that everything we produce
has to be shipped a great distance to find a
market, while many things we consume
have to be brought in from a great ways